VB.NET ~ Sockets....is it possible to use these to log into a site...

[simpleonline12]

Having all sorts of issues trying to find a good example of this but how does one use sockets to log into a website, update something, then log out?

Seems so simple yet I keep fininding examples of creating a server/client app all at once.

Thanks

 

[Jake232]

Just don't use VB. Use something like Python / Ruby, and use something like Mechanize.

 

[tainted]

Don't use sockets. Use HttpWebRequest. And yes, it's possible.

 

[ShadowCaster]

Do you really need to use sockets? HTTPWebRequest should work just fine.
In any case, use a software like Fiddler to see what data are being sent by your browser to the website and then try to mimic that in VB.
By the way, in my opinion C# is better than VB